*Aims and Scope*
AI and smart cities tools are booming recently. AI robots are used in elderly house to take care of the elderly people, drones are used to detect water pipes’ cracks, unmanned trains and vehicles no longer solely appear in science fiction. Smart home gadgets are used to remind patients at home to take medicine, virtual assistants are giving advice to online purchasers. In recent time with covid, AI robots have also played a very important role in fighting covid 19 due to the requirements for social distancing. They are used to transport the medical materials in hospital, food from restaurants to individual households as well as measuring temperatures of individuals. Drones are used to oversees the possible covid patients on the streets. Indeed, smart and AI products flourish everywhere, it has already become part of our daily lives. It offers us lower costs in running our businesses, e.g. hiring waiters and waitresses are far more expensive than hiring a robot, smart tools may assist safety training and education. Yet, safety concerns are also increasing. For example, drone may fall from height because of falling short of battery, defective design or hack by criminals. In this special issue, we would like to shed light on the dark and bright side of AI and smart tools on safety, such as, but not limited to: Ubiquitous/smart tools usage safety concerns AI robot safety AI implications on built environment AI for safety education and training Smart home safety Smart city safety issues Smart/AI tools and construction safety *IMPORTANT DATES:* Open submission date: 1 January 2021 Submission deadline: 30 December 2021 *GUEST EDITORS:* Dr Rita Yi Man Li: Email: [email protected] Prof Georgios Boustras: Email: [email protected] Sample papers: (1) (PDF) Construction safety knowledge sharing on Twitter: A social network analysis (researchgate.net) <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353546913_Construction_safety_knowledge_sharing_on_Twitter_A_social_network_analysis> (2) Economic development and construction safety research: A bibliometrics approach | Request PDF (researchgate.net) <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354984646_Economic_development_and_construction_safety_research_A_bibliometrics_approach> (3) How does facial recognition as an urban safety technology affect firm performance? The moderating role of the home country’s government subsidies - ScienceDirect <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925753521002782> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T810ac80a90715b71-M10f911eb9b1850639185ae0f Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
